Planes diverted as heavy snowfalls hit west

About 500 passengers on incoming flights from Britain ended up in Shannon today (Monday) because of heavy snowfall at Ireland West Airport Knock, writes Tom Shiel.

Morning flights from London Stansted, Liverpool, East Midlands and Luton were all diverted.

Affected passengers were all bussed from Shannon back to Knock.

A major operation to clear the runways continued at Knock all morning. As a result planes to carry outbound passengers to UK destinations were able to land and take off in the afternoon.